I got this one from Weston back in February. Nice chip but once again no real answers but several possibilities. Mark Lighterman did a lot of research on the Harry Fox that moved to Florida. I think he is the best of the possibilities. Nothing came back to prove that Harry was running gambling in Florida. Was Harry running games at the Roanoke Hotel in Buffalo, NY? Maybe? Maybe not?

Well, you can’t win em all!

Enough of that:

New York:

FOX

Unfortunately I haven’t come up with anything definitive on this one. When the chips were ordered there were 4 guys named Harry Fox living in Buffalo. Also 5 guys named Henry Fox--if we assume that Harry could be a nickname for Henry (also a few Harold’s and a Harrison). I couldn’t find any connection between any of these guys and the delivery address, Roanoke Apartment Hotel at 206 S. Elmwood Ave.

One of the Henry’s, Henry Jay Fox came pretty close to “fitting the profile” but I couldn’t find anything definitive. A few years prior to the chips being delivered in 1932, this Henry Fox operated a restaurant a few doors down from the Roanoke Apt. Hotel. Shortly after the delivery he’s operating a place on the north side of Buffalo called the Riverside Grill.

By the 1940’s he’s moved to Dade County, Florida where he operates restaurants and bars and where he dies in 1970, age 67. Never saw any info that he was involved with gambling and never saw his name mentioned as Harry, only Henry.

One of the Harry Fox’s was a wealthy owner of a scrap metal company called Harry Fox & Co. I’ll keep looking for info—bound to be something to confirm which of these guys ordered the chips.